in the many things the fbi does partnerships make our work efficient. we are in cybercrime and cyberthreat partnerships are essential more than efficient. they have to be there in order for us to carry out our mission. so looking at the past, looking at the success we've had with the partnerships in the private sector, we hope to play on that going forward to when the confidence and to get this type of, whether through legislation or executive order to pass it, our ability to carry out our mission. >> okay. my staff just handed me a note that said reuters, the new service, it's is reporting that the bank of america, the bank of america's website has suffered intermittent problems on the internet that a group was planning to launch cyber attacks on the bank and the new york stock exchange again, in retaliation for this film. do any of you know anything about this at this point? >> mr. chairman, there has been some ongoing activity, attribution, whether it is retaliatory i don't think has been determined. without going into more i would just simply say th